At least two members of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. board of directors, who were appointed by former Ag Secretary Tom ...

North Dakota farmers will be without a key federal crop insurance option this year as they prepare for spring planting. As part of federally subsidized crop insurance, farmers are insured when the ...

The USDA on Friday said federal crop insurance access will be expanded via a final rule from the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. to amend its regulations in compliance with the "One Big Beautiful Bill" ...

With an uncertain farm economy, crop insurance touted as ‘stabilizing force’, Sara Wyant writes in her column.

When Iowa farmer and crop insurance agent Pat Swanson was named to lead USDA’s Risk Management Agency in March of 2025, she ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Dec. 5 announced major updates to federal crop insurance, reducing red tape for farmers, modernizing long-standing policies, and expanding access to ...

In recent years, the federal crop insurance program’s subsidy costs have risen, driven primarily by the growth in total premiums. Much of the recent growth in federal crop insurance expenditures has ...

Day to day, running a farm takes a lot of work. “You can see the soybean pods starting to form,” Lee Tesdell, a farm owner in Iowa, said. Farms are facing more and more unknowns due to a changing ...

Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse lays out considerations for crop insurance. The deadline to enroll in crop insurance for ...